Tag Archives: John Boehner

The Onion: John Boehner To Paul Ryan: ‘I Was Once Young And Beautiful Too’

Source: The Onion: John Boehner To Paul Ryan: ‘I Was Once Young And Beautiful Too’ Anyone worried about looking too cute and too young for their age, I got a healthier way to age than to take up tobacco and … Continue reading

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Senator Rand Paul: Senator Paul Speaks Out Against Budget Agreement: 10/29/15

Source: Senator Rand Paul: Senator Paul Speaks Out Against Budget Agreement: 10/29/15 I actually agree with a lot of what Senator Paul said here. But he gets a couple of things wrong here. The new spending in the Bipartisan Budget … Continue reading

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CBPP: Robert Greenstein- Budget Deal, Though Imperfect, Represents Significant Accomplishment and Merits Support

  Source: CBPP: Robert Greenstein- Budget Deal, Though Imperfect, Represents Significant Accomplishment and Merits Support Looks like the parents for the House Republicans finally came home from their long extended vacation and took control over their house and children. But … Continue reading

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Human Events: Opinion: Ann Coulter: ‘Save Us From Paul Ryan And The Kemp Boys’: How Speaker Paul Ryan Will Benefit The GOP

Source: Human Events: Opinion: Ann Coulter: ‘Save Us From Paul Ryan And The Kemp Boys’: How Speaker Paul Ryan Will Benefit The GOP Apparently to be considered a Conservative with the Tea Party/Far-Right base on the Republican Party, you have … Continue reading

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Newsmax: Editorial-John Boehner- Rise and Fall of a Regular Guy With a Big Job

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I don’t buy the regular guy line bit at all. John Boehner started off coming from a working-class German-American family in Cincinnati, Ohio which is very common there. But went … Continue reading

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AEI: Ideas: James Pethokoukis: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare Subsidies: Where Do Republicans Go From Here?

AEI: Ideas: James Pethokoukis: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare Subsidies: Where do Republicans go From Here? With the U.S. Supreme Court making the right decision in ruling in favor of the subsidies in the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchanges, (at … Continue reading

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PBS: Video: NewsHour: Shields and Brooks on CPAC and Homeland Security Shutdown

. As far as CPAC, the one thing I respect about that group is that they do actually bring in lets say Classical Conservatives or Conservative Libertarians and actual Libertarians. It’s not just about mushy-middle establishment Republicans who always play … Continue reading

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Roll Call: Congress: Tamar Hallerman & Niels Lesniewski: Senate Democrats Show Limits of GOP Control

Roll Call: Congress: Tamar Hallerman & Niels Lesniewski: Senate Democrats Show Limits of GOP Control For all of you non-political junkies, first of all I’m wondering why you’re reading this at all, but secondly this piece is for the average … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Capehart- “John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding”: How Senate Democrats Should Try to Fix Another GOP Mess

Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Capehart- John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding It is not often that I agree with House Speaker John Boehner on anything and I’ll let you judge for yourself how often that … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Brian Beutler: ‘Six Reasons I’m Thankful for a Republican Congress’

Source:The New Republic– Speaker of the House John Boehner (Republican, Ohio) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican, Kentucky) the two Republican leaders of Congress. Source:The New Democrat  “I generally don’t go in for sentimental holiday rituals like announcing … Continue reading

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